Month: October 2017

You heard it here first. Late last night, Chicago police issued a community alert to warn North Side residents about a robbery crew that is working out of a stolen gold-colored Honda minivan bearing Illinois license plate H855843. As we reported on Saturday, police are saying that a robber has been emerging from the vehicle

A South Side man is now charged with participating in seven robberies across Lincoln Park and Lakeview this summer with former Lincoln Park High School basketball standout Bryce McGill. Taylor Christopher Taylor, 20, was charged last week with five counts of robbery and one count of robbery-indicating presence of a firearm. McGill was charged with

Two offenders carjacked a 30-year-old Lakeview woman in a parking lot in the 3100 block of North Lincoln on Saturday evening, police said. The victim was in her white Acura around 7:30 p.m. when one offender blocked her path and the other ran up to the driver-side window to demand that she exit the vehicle.

Police this weekend reported summer-like levels of street crime in Boystown, Wrigleyville, and nearby neighborhoods. Several robberies and at least two severe beatings on the street were reported. And at least three women had their purses or phones snatched, including two on Friday afternoon. Here’s a run-down of what was reported along with links to

Locations of two robberies within 15 minutes in Lakeview Saturday evening. | BatchGeo A man on his way to a Halloween party was mugged near the Southport Brown Line station Saturday evening, just minutes after the same robbers stole a purse from a woman near Boystown. No one is in custody. Police response to the muggings

An ATM at this Fifth Third Bank near Clark and Diversey was among those targeted by skimmers, police said. More than a dozen ATM skimming devices have been found in the city since late September, including locations in Lincoln Park and Lakeview, Chicago police said. Skimmers are placed over ATM card slots and appear to

Three-man robbery crew in an old brown or gold minivan robbed at least two women in Lakeview on Friday afternoon. No one is in custody. Just before 3 p.m., a Lakeview mom who was walking to pick up her kids from Hamilton School was jumped from behind by a man who grabbed her phone. The

An armed robber took more than $2,000 from a Lincoln Park late-night burrito shop Saturday morning. No one was injured and no suspects are in custody. Around 5 a.m., the offender entered through the back door of Taco Burrito Express, 2540 North Halsted. Inside the restaurant, the robber produced a handgun and demanded the store’s

Monterrey CEO Juan Gaytan’s company lost its contract to protect the Minnesota Vikings’ stadium | Monterrey Trouble continues to grow for Monterrey Security, the Chicago-based company that provides guard services for the Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks, and major events like the Chicago Pride Parade and Chicago Marathon. On Thursday, Monterrey lost a contract to protect the Buffalo

Images of the suspect in this morning’s Lakeview burglary. A Lincoln Park man was awakened by an armed intruder and robbed during a home invasion Monday morning, police said. And a Lakeview family that was awakened this morning by their condo’s rear door alarm found an armed man pointing a handgun at their security camera—he